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President Bola Tinubu has reversed the recent appointments he made to the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), directing Salihu Abdullahi Dembos’ appointment as director-general and Ayo Adewuyi’s appointment as executive director of news.

Bayo Onanuga, the president’s spokesman, made this known in a statement released on Tuesday.

He claimed that Tinubu reinstated the two senior executives’ positions before they abruptly lost them due to NTA management changes.

On August 20, the president made a number of new appointments to NTA, including Stella Din’s appointment as executive director of news and Rotimi Pedro’s appointment as director-general.

Additionally, Tinubu appointed Sophia Mohammed to NTA Enterprises Limited as managing director and Karimah Bello to lead the marketing division.

Onanuga stated that Dembos, who was appointed in October 2023, will now come back to his three-year tenure.

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Adewuyi will complete his three-year tenure as the executive director of news, according to Onanuga.

“Dembos was appointed by President Tinubu as the television network’s general manager in October 2023.” He will now complete his three-year tenure,” the statement reads.

The President also ordered the Executive Director of News, Mr. Ayo Adewuyi, to be removed from his three-year, 2027-end, three-year term. President Tinubu appointed Adewuyi in 2024.

The director-general, executive director of news, executive director of marketing, and managing director of NTA Enterprises were previously announced in the new directive.

The Tinubu-led administration has done this before with appointments.

Muheeba Dankaka was appointed executive chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) in August, shortly after the presidency’s decision to appoint her for a second five-year term was made public.

See the following statement in its entirety:

Press release from STATEHOUSE

ED NEWS, ED PRESIDENT, RECEIVES DIRECTOR OF NTA RESULTS FROM FRESH APPOINTMENTS

Following some management changes in the organization, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ordered the resignation of Mr. Salihu Abdullahi Dembos, the NTA’s Director-General, following a brief vacancy.

In October 2023, President Tinubu appointed Dembos as DG of the TV network. He will now wrap up his three-year tenure.

The President also ordered the Executive Director of News, Mr. Ayo Adewuyi, to be removed from his three-year, 2027-end, three-year term.

President Tinubu appointed Adewuyi in 2024.

The director-general, executive director of news, executive director of marketing, and managing director of NTA Enterprises were previously announced in the wake of the new directive’s effective appointment.

Bayo Onanuga

Special Advisor to the President

(Strategic & Information)

The Nigeria Customs Service Board has approved the promotions of three senior officers and the appointment of six Assistant Comptrollers Generals and two Deputy Comptrollers.

The NCS’s National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, disclosed this in a statement released on Tuesday, stating that the board, which was chaired by Wale Edun, the minister of finance and the coordination minister of the economy, made the decision at its 63rd regular meeting.

According to Maiwada, the promotions address vacancies created by some management team members who are retiring from various geopolitical regions of the Federation. According to him, the decision shows the organization’s commitment to inclusion, institutional harmony, and strict compliance with the Nigeria Customs Service Act, 2023, Section 14(4).

He believes that the advancements demonstrate the Service’s commitment to merit-based career advancement and recognition of exceptional performance.

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AB Mohammed (North-West), GO Omale (North-Central), OC Orbih (South-South), and D Nnadi (South-East) are the newly appointed DCGs. While the new ACGs include MP Binga (North-East), CA Awo (South-East), AB Shuaibu (North-West), K Mohammed (North-West), B Mohammed (North-West), TM Daniyan (North-Central), B Oramalugo (South-East), OP Olaniyan (South-West), B Olomu (South-West), IK Oladeji (South-West), and CC Dim (South-East),

The Board approved the promotion of 3,312 senior officers from the CC to the ASC 11 ranks in the same vein.  

Additionally, the NCS Management approved the promotion of 202 junior officers from Assistant Inspector (AIC) to Customs Assistant I (CA1) during its sixth management meeting on Friday, August 29, 2025, according to the statement.

The Board also conducted a thorough analysis of the Service’s revenue for the first half of the year. Between 1st January and 30th June 2025, the Service recorded a total revenue collection of N3,682,496,530,576. 48, exceeding all expectations, is a remarkable performance. This figure surpassed the projected revenue for the period by N390,197,847,119. 32, equivalent of 11. 85%, reflecting the Service’s increased revenue mobilization capacity. This indicates that the NCS has reached 55 in real life in just six months. 93 percent of its annual revenue goal. This impressive result, according to the Board, highlights the effectiveness of ongoing reforms, improved compliance by stakeholders, and increased technology deployment in customs operations.

The Board approved the demotion of two officers to the next lower rank in terms of misconduct, and it reinstated two officers after reviewing their cases in disciplinary matters. In line with the Service’s core values, this action reflects the Board’s commitment to upholding accountability and fairness.

One person was killed in an auto accident at the Idi-Iroko axis of the Ikorodu Road, and two others were hurt in another. &nbsp,

This was confirmed by a statement released on Tuesday by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority.

Taofiq Adebayo, the director of LASTMA’s Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, claimed that the collision occurred when a fully loaded commercial Mazda bus, competing for the right to exit from the Agric axis, collided with a quick-moving articulated truck with plate number EKY 121 YJ.

A loaded truck with registration number “was discovered by security personnel. A fully loaded commercial Mazda bus with registration number EKY 121 YJ. LND 490 SD collided as the bus was recklessly battling for the Agric axis’ main carriageway right of way.

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One passenger, precariously seated in the Mazda bus’s doorway, was tragically thrown from the vehicle and tragically crushed beneath the truck’s rear tires in the horrifying incident, which left the other passenger dead instantly.

The Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) immediately transported two additional passengers, both of whom were injured, to the Ikorodu General Hospital for urgent medical care, he said.

According to LASTMA, Nigeria Police Force officers have given the family the remains of the deceased.

Adebayo noted that Owutu Police Division personnel had stepped up their security support for the coordinated rescue operations by LASTMA.

The accidented vehicles, the commercial Mazda bus, and the articulated truck were all escorted by LASTMA officials, he said, “to restore unimpeded vehicular movement across that corridor.”

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the president and CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), attributed the recent rise in diaspora remittances to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s economic reforms and the Nigerians’ level of trust in the system.

Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the commission’s spokesperson, described the recent boom in Nigeria’s economy as “humongous” in a statement released by her on Monday in Abuja.

According to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Diaspora remittance inflows have tripled to $600 million per month over the past two months.

Dabiri-Erewa praised the CBN under Olayemi Cardoso’s leadership, whose various policies, including the introduction of the Non-Resident BVN and an exchange rate that, in her opinion, promoted more formal means of remitting funds, have contributed to the rise in remittances.

Dabiri-Erewa expressed confidence in the CBN Governor’s prediction that diaspora investment rates will reach $1 billion annually by 2026 and that NiDCOM will continue to promote events like the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Summit, National Diaspora Day, and Diaspora Youth Summit, as well as regular outreach to the diaspora wherever they are.

The President’s administration is determined to improve the well-being of Nigerians both domestically and abroad, according to the NIDCOM boss, who also praised the trust and patriotism of Nigerians in the diaspora.

Meanwhile, Cardoso, who spoke at the Delta State–Brazil Business and Investment Roundtable in So Paulo, also attributed the increase to a more advantageous exchange rate and improved remittance channels, which he claimed have made it easier and more appealing for Nigerians to send money home via official platforms.

Our exchange rate is becoming significantly more competitive. No longer do those who previously used other channels to send money back home can do that,” said Cardoso.

Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has stated that President Bola Tinubu will address the country’s justice system’s housing issue by 80%.

In addition to the 50 duplexes that were announced at the commissioning of a magistrates’ court in Abuja on Tuesday, Wisconsin also announced that the Federal Capital Territory High Court would receive them in July 2026.

He explained that 30 units would be handed over to the court in June 2026, compared to 20 units received in October 2025.

And let me assure you that, by the time your first housing issue was resolved, we would have finished providing for 80% of your housing needs.

At the commissioning, Wike said, “We are going to hand over 20 units of duplexes to the FCT High Court by October this year, and we will also hand over 30 units of duplexes to the FCT High Court by June next year,” Wike said.

He claimed that the landlords had a bearing on how justices who lived as tenants were treated.

Additionally, he criticized circumstances in which criminal justice practitioners reside in areas that are perceived as risky.

You go out and check out justices’ homes as tenants, the minister said. And then they occasionally have to rely on their landlords when they can’t pay on time.

Their landlords can drive their cars and shout, “Look, they haven’t paid us,” as they enter the gate. Leave now.

Senator Douye Diri, the governor of Bayelsa State, has appointed Dr. As the state’s head of the civil service, Wisdom Ebiye Sawyer.

His press secretary, Daniel Alabrah, made this known in a statement on Tuesday.

Following Barrister Biobelemoye Charles-Onyema’s retirement on August 31, 2025, Sawyer was appointed as a Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health.

On June 8, 1998, the new HoS became a medical officer for the Bayelsa civil service.

He was born on May 14, 1970, in the Odi community in the state’s Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area, and he began his education at Okrika Town School in Rivers State.

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He graduated from Okrika Grammar School in 1981 and studied there until 1986 to take the West African School Certificate exams.

Sawyer was accepted to the University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State, in 1988, where he earned an MBBS degree in 1996.

He also earned a Part 2 Fellowship in Public Health at the same institution in 2010 while also studying for a Master’s degree in Public Health at the University of Lagos in 2000 and the National Post-Graduate Medical College, Lagos in 2005.

For a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Dr. Sawyer has already defended his dissertation on the faculty level. The state-owned Faculty of Clinical Sciences at Niger Delta University, Nigeria, offers a doctorate in both clinical and public health.